Stock-releasing device.



A. CLEMETSON 81 H. G. HOLLOWAY.

STOCK RELEASING DEVICE.

APPLICATION r1150 MAY 9. 1916.

Patented Jan. 9, 1917.

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STOCK-RELEASING DEVICE.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 9, 1917.

Application filed May 9,1916. Serial No. 96,459.

To all whom it may concern 2 Be it known that we, Aoonrn CLEMETSON V and HARRY G. HOLLOWAY, citizens of the United States, residing at Howard, in the' county of Miner and State of South Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stock-Releasing Devices, of

p which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improve ments in an, apparatus for releasing stock' from a stable in the event of a firein the stable or barn, and it is the aim of the 1nvention to provide novel and improved means for simultaneously releasing the'stock I the invention consists in the novel features;

and forcing the latter to be driven out of the stable.

.VVith the above and other objects in View,

details of construction and combination of parts which will hereinafter be more fully set forth, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stable equipped withthe appliance embodying the invention; 2 is a longitudinal section taken through the manger rail, illustrating the release bar in locked position; Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken through Fig. 1 of alining U-shaped sockets 10' formed in the H A pluupper longitudinal edge thereof. rality of clips 11 are provided and adapted to straddlethe upper edge of the manger rail and overlie the sockets thereof. Each of said clips is constructed from a single blank of metal bent in substantially U-form providing a pair of spaced parallel limbs 12 connected to one another through the medium of a connecting portion 13. These clips are permanently secured to the manger rail by fasteners 14. The material forming the connecting portion 13 is stamped upwardly to provide the same with a rib 15 which extends through the longitudinal center of the clip and presents a, groove 16, the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fully set forth as the description of the invention .is proceeded with. The connecting portion13 is further provided through its transverse center-with a slot 17 terminating in the upper edges of the limbs 12 of the clip and adapted to receive thereinthe halter rings 18 when the stock is hitched to the manger rail, as will be apparent from the drawing. The point of connection of the limbs with the connecting portion is convexed or curved as at 19, providing the clip with spaced parallel guide grooves 20, and when the clips are in applied positionwill dispose the guide grooves slightly above the plane of the top edge of the manger rail to permit of the grooves slidably receiving therein the release bar 21. This release bar is preferably constructed from sheet metal and of flat rectangular form bent at spaced intervals throughout the length thereof to provide the same with a pluralityof transverse depending U -shaped tongues 22 "having a groove 23. Upon the active position of'the releasing bar, the tongues .22 thereof are reposed within the sockets 10 for opposite longitudinal sliding movements, and the outer end of the said bar protrudes through the slot 2% formed in one of the side walls 6 of the stable, and extends therebeyond' ing the offset locking ends 28 thereof in partial obstructing relation over the grooves 23 of thetongues. The said pins have slidable engagement with the groove 16 of the ribs of the clips, and} when assuming a locked position, close the slots 17 of the clips I and retain the halter ring 18 within the groove 23 of the tongues. Upon operating the lever 26 to release the stock from the manger rail, a pull is exerted on the lever 26, retracting the pins to non-obstructing relation with respect to the slot 17, and allowing the animals or stock to be simultaneously and automatically released without necessitating the party releasing the stock being compelled to enter the stable.

In order to assure the stock leaving the r passesthrough one of the side walls of the stable in case of fire, upon the release of the same from the manger rail, we provide a whipping device 29, which is illustrated as comprising a rod 30 extending in parallelism with the manger rail 9, and forwardly thereof. The said rod is mounted on the end Wall 7 of the stable for reverse movements by means of supporting clips 31, and

movement is imparted to the rod through the medium of the. crank 32, which also stable in order that this Whipping device may be operated from without the stable. Permanently connected with the rod 30 at intervals throughout the length thereof is a series of members 33, having permanently connected therewith lashing members 34.

- From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates, and while we have described the principles of operation of the invention, together with the device which we now consider to be the best embodiment ing bar being slidably mounted within the sockets of the manger rail, clips straddling the releasing bar and secured to the manger rail, each clip having a slot, a series of hitching members secured to the releasing bar,

and'means connected with the releasing bar for moving the hitching members into and out of registration with the slots of the clips substantially as and for the purpose speci 2. A device of the class described embodying a manger rail formed with a series of sockets, a releasing bar having grooved tongues adapted to extend within the sockets of the manger rail for opposite sliding movements, a clip having a slot disposed over the sockets formed in the manger rail and provided with spaced guide grooves, a series of hitching members secured to the releasing bar and disposed over the grooved tongues, means connected with the releasing bar for moving the hitching members in obstructing and non-obstructing relation with respect to the slots of the clips.

3. A device of the class described embodying a manger rail formed with a series of sockets, a releasing bar having grooved tongues adapted to extend Within the sockets of the manger rail for opposite sliding movements, a clip having a slot disposed over the sockets formed in the manger rail and provided with spaced guide grooves, a series of hitching members secured to the releasing bar and disposed over the grooved tongues, means connected with the releasing bar for moving the hitching members in obstructing and non-obstructing relation with respect to the slots of the clips, and manually operable means disposed in advance of the manger rail for driving the stock from the stable.

4:. In a device of the class described, a stationary member formed with a series of sockets, a bar having grooved tongues reposed upon the fixed member with the tongues thereof disposed within the sockets of said member, a series of pins connected with the bar and arranged in longitudinal alinement one to the other, and a slotted clip having a groove for slidably receiving the pin, means for imparting movement to said bar in opposite directions, said pins upon the movement of the bar in one direction adapted to close the slot of the clip substantially as-and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof We aflix our signatures.

ADOLPH CLEMETSON. HARRY G. HOLLOWAY.

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. Washington, D. 0. 

